scholarly journals CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH TIME: A CASE STUDY AT HADRIAN’S WALL, UNITED KINGDOM

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W3 ◽  
pp. 297-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. D. Fieber ◽  
J. P. Mills ◽  
M. V. Peppa ◽  
I. Haynes ◽  
S. Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Landscape Change ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Heterogeneous Information ◽  
North West ◽  
Multi Temporal ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Hadrian's Wall

Diachronic studies are central to cultural heritage research for the investigation of change, from landscape to architectural scales. Temporal analyses and multi-temporal 3D reconstruction are fundamental for maintaining and safeguarding all forms of cultural heritage. Such studies form the basis for any kind of decision regarding intervention on cultural heritage, helping assess the risks and issues involved. This article introduces a European-wide project, entitled "Cultural Heritage Through Time", and the case study research carried out as a component of the project in the UK. The paper outlines the initial stages of the case study of landscape change at three locations on Hadrian’s Wall, namely Beckfoot Roman Fort, Birdoswald Roman Fort and Corbridge Roman Station, all once part of the Roman Empire’s north-west frontier. The main aim of the case study is to integrate heterogeneous information derived from a range of sources to help inform understanding of temporal aspects of landscape change. In particular, the study sites are at risk from natural hazards, notably erosion and flooding. The paper focuses on data collection and collation aspects, including an extensive archive search and field survey, as well as the methodology and preliminary data processing.

scholarly journals Distribution and Integration of Military Settlements’ Cultural Heritage in the Large Pass City of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty: A Case Study of Juyong Pass Defense Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7166
Author(s):  
Yukun Zhang ◽  
Songyang Li ◽  
Lifeng Tan ◽  
Jiayin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Defense System ◽  
Current Conservation ◽  
North West ◽  
Cultural Routes ◽  
Great Wall ◽  
The Ming Dynasty

The Great Wall of China is more than a wall: it is an extensive cultural route. Pass cities, which are usually large defensive fortresses overseeing an entire fortified area, are an essential part of this heritage and are at the core of the Great Wall’s defense system. Juyong Pass was the closest Pass city to Beijing during the Ming Dynasty when the Great Wall reached its peak. It consisted of five regions—south, east, north, west, and central—that form three fortification levels: core castle, Bao city, and End facility. Based on the Juyong defense area military settlements database, this paper applied spatial analysis methods and found that more than half of the military’s resources for the whole defense area were focused on the western part of the wall, which formed another military core alongside Juyong Pass city. However, the current conservation strategy only focuses on Juyong Pass itself, neglecting the settlements in the western part, thereby destroying the integrity of the Great Wall’s heritage. By clarifying the distribution of cultural heritage in this area, we hope to encourage the preservation of many fortifications according to their authentic historical sphere of control and provide a reference for the sustainable integration of resources along the significant cultural routes of the Great Wall.

Values and Significance: A case study uncovering the search for meaning among young people in Central and Eastern Europe

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-63
Author(s):  
Sarah Dunlop
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Traditional Church ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Uk

This paper will present a few of the results of qualitative, case study research conducted among students in six cities in Central and Eastern Europe. It will describe the use of images in interviews and how this enabled digging beyond cultural, customary religious belief to uncover a search for ultimate meaning and spirituality. A summary of the findings regarding the emerging values of the young people and their descriptions of what is significant to them in life will be related to Savage, Collins-Mayo and Mayo's research conducted in the UK, specifically to their theories of formative and transformative spirituality and the happy midi-narrative. The tension between a young person's actual situation and their dream about their ideal life will be discussed in terms of the research findings regarding the students' use of celebrity images in their living space. The young people's values, as they emerged from the research, will be contrasted with the values and practices of churches in this region, as seen through the young people's perceptions of traditional church and as articulated by local church leaders. The paper will include a short analysis of the current religious situation in former Soviet countries in light of the finding of the research..

scholarly journals Valuing Nature for Wellbeing: Narratives of Socio-ecological Change in Dynamic Intertidal Landscapes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Roberts ◽  
Merryn Thomas ◽  
Nick Pidgeon ◽  
Karen Henwood
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Landscape Change ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Management Strategies ◽  
Study Sites

Contributing to the cultural ecosystem services literature, this paper draws on the in-depth place narratives of two coastal case-study sites in Wales (UK) to explore how people experience and understand landscape change in relation to their sense of place, and what this means for their wellbeing. Our place narratives reveal that participants understand coastal/intertidal landscapes as complex socio-ecological systems filled with competing legitimate claims that are difficult to manage. Such insights suggest that a focus on diachronic integrity (Holland and O’Neill 1996) within place narratives might offer a route to more socially and culturally acceptable environmental management strategies.

Conclusion

2008 ◽  
pp. 222-239
Author(s):  
Yogesk K. Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Study Research ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Uk

This chapter provides a conclusion of the results and discussions of the UK case study research presented in this book. The chapter begins with an overview of this research in the next section. This is followed by the main conclusions drawn from this research. Following this, a discussion of the research contributions and implications of this research in terms of the theory, policy and practice is provided. This is ensued by the research limitations, and a review of the future research directions in the area of broadband diffusion and adoption. Finally, a summary of the chapter is provided.

scholarly journals Monitoring Cultural Heritage Sites with Advanced Multi-Temporal InSAR Technique: The Case Study of the Summer Palace

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panpan Tang ◽  
Fulong Chen ◽  
Xiaokun Zhu ◽  
Wei Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Multi Temporal ◽  
Summer Palace

scholarly journals MANUFACTURING STRATEGY FORMATION PROCESS: CASE STUDY OF IRANIAN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES / GAMYBOS STRATEGIJOS FORMAVIMO PROCESAS IRANO GAMYBOS ĮMONĖSE

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sepehr Ghazinoory ◽  
Rahman Mahdiani Khotbesara ◽  
Sedigheh Rezaeian Fardoei
Keyword(s):  
Formation Process ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Manufacturing Strategy ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Strategy Formation ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Leadership Policy ◽  
The Uk

This paper describes case study research undertaken in six Iranian manufacturing companies aimed at advancing the understanding of the manufacturing strategy formation process. As shown in this study, culture, leadership, policy and incrementalism have their own undeniable roles in manufacturing strategy formation. Cultural factors impact on political factors, and political factors impact on individual factors. It could be useful To utilize formal business planning for firms interested in deliberative manufacturing strategy. In this study, we use Barnes's manufacturing strategy formation process as frameworks with some new changes. Also a case study methodology was used to investigate the process of formation of manufacturing strategy in six small manufacturing companies in Iran like Barnes did in the UK. The results of this study are the main features of the process of manufacturing strategy formation and manufacturing strategy formation model in the case companies. In the case study method, external validity is inevitably compromised due to the limited number of companies that can be studied. The demonstrated model in this study offers a comprehensible view in organizational and external contexts that can be used by manufacturing decision makers. Santrauka Straipsnyje aprašomi šešiose Irano gamybos įmonėse atlikti moksliniai tyrimai, įrodantys gamybos strategijos formavimo proceso reikšmę. Tyrimas nustatė, kad kultūra, vadovavimas ir politika turi savo neginčijamą įtaką gamybos strategijos formavimo procese. Kultūriniai veiksniai daro įtaką politiniams veiksniams, o politiniai veiksniai veikia individualius veiksnius. Gali būti naudinga naudoti formalų verslo planavimą formuojant įmonės gamybos strategiją. Šiame tyrime buvo naudojamas modifikuotas Barnes gamybos strategijos formavimo procesas. Barnes pavyzdžiu buvo siekiama ištirti gamybos strategijos formavimo procesą šešiose nedidelėse Irano gamybos įmonėse. Šio tyrimo rezultatai atskleidė tiriamų įmonių gamybos strategijos formavimo proceso ypatumus. Tyrimui neišvengiamo subjektyvumo suteikia ribotas ištirtų įmonių skaičius. Pasiūlytas modelis leidžia visapusiškai ištirti vidinę ir išorinę organizacijos aplinkas bei pasiūlyti sprendimus gamybos planuotojams.

scholarly journals Re-examining British Welfare-to-Work Contracting using a Transaction Cost Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAYLEY BENNETT
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Future Market ◽  
Welfare To Work ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Welfare Markets ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article critically reflects on the administration of activation services in the UK. It describes the welfare-to-work quasi-market and focuses on the impact of 2008 commissioning reforms that advocated amalgamating small contracts into larger ‘lots’, creating a top tier of prime providers to manage subcontractors, and increasing outcome-based funding. Drawing on transaction cost theory and empirical case study research, it is demonstrated that these changes led to an increase in a range of activities and costs for competing service providers that undermine government rhetoric of choice and efficiency. This article adds to the existing literature on welfare-to-work contracting by demonstrating the difficulties some organisations face in the context of welfare markets and questioning public service out-sourcing processes. It concludes by reflecting on the implications for future market-based social policy reforms.

scholarly journals Universities and Economic Development Activities

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moira Decter ◽  
Frank Cave ◽  
Mary Rose ◽  
Gill Peers ◽  
Helen Fogg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Innovation Fund ◽  
Education Innovation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fourth Round ◽  
Education Business

A number of UK universities prioritize economic development or regeneration activities and for some of these universities such activities are the main focus of their knowledge transfer work. This study compares two regions of the UK – the North West and the South East of England – which have very different levels of economic performance. Quantitative data from the UK government's Higher Education Business and Community Interaction Survey are used to track economic development funding and activity from universities in these two regions. Strategy documents prepared for the fourth round of the government's Higher Education Innovation Fund are analysed to aid interpretations. Elements of evolutionary theory are used to explore the reasons for the differences and a case study of one university programme, Leading Enterprise and Development, is provided as an illustrative example.

The Benefits of an Ageing Population: Case Studies from Rural Hokkaido, Japan

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 555-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayo Murakami ◽  
Rose Gilroy ◽  
Jane Atterton
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Research ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Older Person ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Rural Municipalities ◽  
The Uk

This paper explores the strategies employed by Japanese rural municipalities to support growing numbers of older people in the face of dwindling financial and human resources. Drawing on case study research from a study visit made by the authors, the paper considers the social and economic benefits gained by taking a community based approach as seen in Kuriyama and an older-person centred approach to spatial planning as seen in Nanporo. It concludes by considering what lessons rural municipalities in the UK might draw from these approaches.

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